> and the most common cause of extreme poverty is white-collar crime You lost me there. Do you mean that a) of the set of extremely poor people, most are extre

> and the most common cause of extreme poverty is white-collar crime You lost me there. Do you mean that a) of the set of extremely poor people, most are extremely poor because they've been the direct victim of white-collar crime, or b) white-collar crime as a whole is the leading cause for extreme poverty in a society? Both interpretations seem very wrong to me. Do you have any data to back up that assertion?